Guild Wars Preview

The guys over at Boomtown have put together a preview of ArenaNet's upcoming MMORPG, Guild Wars. Check it out:
There are two other very unique features to this game. Number one is if you are short on players you can pick up a henchman or an entire group of them. These are NPC's which you are able to add to your group in order aid you in your adventures. Just go to town and pick up a henchman, so no "we need another healer, I need 10 minutes to search for one or we have to quit".

The second feature: when you zone into the main areas you and your party are the only ones there. The area is unique to you, therefore no kill stealing or menacing high players flexing their muscles at the mobs you are trying to bash. I managed to group a couple of times and it was every easy to be sociable in the towns, so in my opinion this worked well.